diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 3fdac732..4f423d28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -3,45 +3,45 @@
     <string name="app_name" translatable="false">Seedvault</string>
     <string name="backup">Backup</string>
     <string name="data_management_label">Seedvault Backup</string>
-    <string name="current_destination_string">Backup status and settings</string>
+    <string name="current_destination_string">Back up status and settings</string>
 
     <string name="restore_backup_button">Restore backup</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="settings_category_apps">App backup</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup">Backup my apps</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup">Back up my apps</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_location">Backup location</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_location_none">None</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_location_internal">Internal storage</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_last_backup_never">Never</string>
-    <string name="settings_info">All backups are encrypted on your phone. To restore from backup you will need your 12-word recovery code.</string>
-    <string name="settings_auto_restore_title">Automatic restore</string>
+    <string name="settings_info">All backups are encrypted on your device. Restore backups using your 12-word recovery code.</string>
+    <string name="settings_auto_restore_title">Auto-restore</string>
     <string name="settings_auto_restore_summary">When reinstalling an app, restore backed up settings and data.</string>
     <string name="settings_auto_restore_summary_usb">Note: Your %1$s needs to be plugged in for this to work.</string>
-    <string name="settings_category_app_data_backup">App data backup</string>
+    <string name="settings_category_app_data_backup">App-data backup</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_apk_title">App backup</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_apk_summary">Back up the apps themselves. Otherwise, only app data would get backed up.</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_title">Really disable app backup?</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_message">Disabled app backup will still back up app data. However, it will not get restored automatically.\n\nYou will need to install all your apps manually while having \"Automatic Restore\" switched on.</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_apk_summary">Also back up the apps themselves. Otherwise, only app data is backed up.</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_title">Really turn off app backup?</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_message">Even with app backup off, the app data is backed up. However, it will not get auto-restored.\n\nYou will need to install all your apps manually with \"Auto-restore\" on.</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_cancel">Cancel</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_disable">Disable app backup</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_apk_dialog_disable">Turn off app backup</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_status_title">Backup status</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_status_summary">Last backup: %1$s</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_exclude_apps">Exclude apps</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_now">Backup now</string>
     <string name="settings_category_storage">Storage backup (experimental)</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_storage_title">Backup my files</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_storage_title">Back up my files</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_files_title">Included files and folders</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_files_summary">None</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_recovery_code">Recovery code</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_recovery_code_summary">Verify existing code or generate a new one</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_storage_dialog_title">Experimental feature</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_storage_dialog_message">Backing up files is still experimental and might not work. Do not rely on it for important data.</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_storage_dialog_ok">Enable anyway</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_storage_dialog_ok">Turn on anyway</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_storage_battery_optimization">Warning: No automatic backups, because battery optimization is active.</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_new_code_dialog_title">New recovery code required</string>
     <string name="settings_backup_new_code_dialog_message">To continue using app backups, you need to generate a new recovery code.\n\nWe are sorry for the inconvenience.</string>
-    <string name="settings_backup_new_code_code_dialog_ok">New code</string>
+    <string name="settings_backup_new_code_code_dialog_ok">New recovery code</string>
 
     <string name="settings_expert_title">Expert settings</string>
     <string name="settings_expert_quota_title">Unlimited app quota</string>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_title" translatable="false">Nextcloud</string>
     <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_summary">Tap to install</string>
     <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_summary_installed">Tap to set up account</string>
-    <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_summary_unavailable">Account not available. Set one up (or disable passcode).</string>
+    <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_summary_unavailable">Account not available. Set one up (or turn off passcode).</string>
     <string name="storage_fake_nextcloud_summary_unavailable_market">Not installed</string>
     <string name="storage_fake_davx5_title" translatable="false">DAVx⁵</string>
     <string name="storage_fake_davx5_summary" translatable="false">@string/storage_fake_nextcloud_summary</string>
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@
     <string name="storage_check_fragment_backup_title">Initializing backup location…</string>
     <string name="storage_check_fragment_patience">This may take some time…</string>
     <string name="storage_check_fragment_restore_title">Looking for backups…</string>
-    <string name="storage_check_fragment_backup_error">An error occurred while accessing the backup location.</string>
+    <string name="storage_check_fragment_backup_error">Could not access the backup location.</string>
     <string name="storage_check_fragment_permission_error">Unable to get the permission to write to the backup location.</string>
     <string name="storage_check_fragment_error_button">Back</string>
 
     <!-- Recovery Code -->
     <string name="recovery_code_title">Recovery code</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_12_word_intro">You need your 12-word recovery code to restore backed up data.</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_12_word_intro">You need your 12-word recovery code to restore any backed up data.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_write_it_down">Write it down on paper now!</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_confirm_button">Confirm code</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_confirm_intro">Enter your 12-word recovery code to ensure that it will work when you need it.</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_input_intro">Enter your 12-word recovery code that you wrote down when setting up backups.</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_confirm_button">Confirm the recovery code</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_confirm_intro">Enter your 12-word recovery code to ensure it will work when you need it.</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_input_intro">Enter your 12-word recovery code you wrote down when setting up backups.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_done_button">Verify</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_input_hint_1">Word 1</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_input_hint_2">Word 2</string>
@@ -94,39 +94,39 @@
     <string name="recovery_code_input_hint_12">Word 12</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_error_empty_word">You forgot to enter this word.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_error_invalid_word">Wrong word.</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_error_checksum_word">Your code is invalid. Please check all words as well as their position and try again!</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_error_checksum_word">Your code is invalid. Please check all the words as well as their position and try again.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_ok_title">Recovery code verified</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_verification_ok_message">Your code is correct and will work for restoring your backup.</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_verification_ok_message">Your code is correct, so it can restore your backup.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_error_title">Incorrect recovery code</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_error_message">You have entered an invalid recovery code. Please try again!\n\nIf you have lost your code, tap on \'Generate new code\' below.</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_try_again">Try again</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_generate_new">Generate new code</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_verification_new_dialog_title">Wait one second…</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_verification_new_dialog_message">Generating a new code will make your existing backups inaccessible. We\'ll try to delete them if possible.\n\nAre you sure you want to do this?</string>
-    <string name="recovery_code_recreated">New recovery code has been created successfully</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_verification_new_dialog_message">Do you want to generating a new code, making your existing backups inaccessible? They will be deleted if possible.</string>
+    <string name="recovery_code_recreated">New recovery code created</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_auth_title">Re-enter your screen lock</string>
     <string name="recovery_code_auth_description">Enter your device credentials to continue</string>
 
     <!-- Notification -->
     <string name="notification_channel_title">Backup notification</string>
-    <string name="notification_title">Backup running</string>
-    <string name="notification_backup_already_running">Backup already in progress</string>
+    <string name="notification_title">Backup running…</string>
+    <string name="notification_backup_already_running">Backup already in progress…</string>
 
     <string name="notification_success_title">Backup finished</string>
     <string name="notification_success_text">%1$d of %2$d apps backed up. Tap to learn more.</string>
-    <string name="notification_failed_title">Backup failed</string>
+    <string name="notification_failed_title">Could not make backup.</string>
 
     <string name="notification_error_channel_title">Error notification</string>
     <string name="notification_error_title">Backup error</string>
     <string name="notification_error_text">A device backup failed to run.</string>
     <string name="notification_error_action">Fix</string>
 
-    <string name="notification_restore_error_channel_title">Auto restore flash drive error</string>
-    <string name="notification_restore_error_title">Could not restore data for %1$s</string>
-    <string name="notification_restore_error_text">Plug in your %1$s before installing the app to restore its data from backup.</string>
+    <string name="notification_restore_error_channel_title">Could not auto-restore due to flash drive error.</string>
+    <string name="notification_restore_error_title">Could not restore data for %1$s.</string>
+    <string name="notification_restore_error_text">Plug in your %1$s before installing the app to restore its data from a backup.</string>
     <string name="notification_restore_error_action">Uninstall app</string>
 
-    <string name="notification_error_no_main_key_title">Backups disabled</string>
+    <string name="notification_error_no_main_key_title">Backups off</string>
     <string name="notification_error_no_main_key_text">Generate a new recovery code to complete upgrade and continue to use backups.</string>
 
     <!-- App Backup and Restore State -->
@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@
     <string name="backup_call_log">Call history</string>
     <string name="backup_contacts">Local contacts</string>
     <string name="backup_section_user">Installed apps</string>
-    <!-- This text gets shown for apps that the OS did not try to backup for whatever reason e.g. no backup was run yet -->
+    <!-- This text gets shown for apps that the OS did not try to back up for whatever reason e.g. no backup was run yet -->
     <string name="backup_app_not_yet_backed_up">Waiting to back up…</string>
     <string name="restore_app_not_yet_backed_up">Was not yet backed up</string>
     <string name="backup_app_was_stopped">Not backed up as it wasn\'t used recently</string>
     <string name="restore_app_was_stopped">Was not backed up as it hadn\'t been used recently</string>
-    <string name="backup_app_no_data">App reported no data for backup</string>
-    <string name="restore_app_not_allowed">App didn\'t allow backup</string>
+    <string name="backup_app_no_data">The app reported no data for backup</string>
+    <string name="restore_app_not_allowed">The app didn\'t allow backup</string>
     <string name="backup_app_quota_exceeded">Backup quota exceeded</string>
-    <string name="restore_app_quota_exceeded">Backup quota was exceeded</string>
-    <string name="restore_app_not_installed">App not installed</string>
+    <string name="restore_app_quota_exceeded">Backup quota exceeded</string>
+    <string name="restore_app_not_installed">The app is not installed</string>
     <string name="backup_section_not_allowed">Apps that do not allow data backup</string>
 
     <!-- Restore -->
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@
     <string name="restore_skip">Don\'t restore</string>
     <string name="restore_skip_apps">Skip restoring apps</string>
     <string name="restore_invalid_location_title">No backups found</string>
-    <string name="restore_invalid_location_message">We could not find any backups at this location.\n\nPlease choose another location that contains a %s folder.</string>
+    <string name="restore_invalid_location_message">Could not find any backups at this location.\n\nPlease choose another location that contains a %s folder.</string>
     <string name="restore_set_error">An error occurred while loading the backups.</string>
-    <string name="restore_set_empty_result">No suitable backups found at given location.\n\nThis is most likely due to a wrong recovery code or a storage error.</string>
+    <string name="restore_set_empty_result">No suitable backups found at the given location.\n\nMost likely the recovery code is wrong, or there is a storage error.</string>
     <string name="restore_installing_packages">Re-installing apps</string>
     <string name="restore_installing_error_title">Some apps not installed</string>
     <string name="restore_installing_error_message">Data can only be restored if an app is installed.\n\nTap failed apps to try to install them manually before proceeding.</string>
@@ -167,26 +167,26 @@
     <string name="restore_next">Next</string>
     <string name="restore_restoring">Restoring backup</string>
     <string name="restore_restoring_error_title">Unable to restore some apps</string>
-    <string name="restore_restoring_error_message">You can re-install these apps manually and "Automatic restore" will attempt to restore their data (when enabled).</string>
-    <string name="restore_magic_package">System package manager</string>
-    <string name="restore_finished_success">Restore complete</string>
-    <string name="restore_finished_error">An error occurred while restoring the backup.</string>
+    <string name="restore_restoring_error_message">You can re-install these apps manually and "Auto-restore" will attempt to restore their data (when on).</string>
+    <string name="restore_magic_package">System package-manager</string>
+    <string name="restore_finished_success">Restoration complete</string>
+    <string name="restore_finished_error">Could not restore the backup.</string>
     <string name="restore_finished_button">Finish</string>
 
     <string name="restore_storage_skip">Skip restoring files</string>
     <string name="restore_storage_choose_snapshot">Choose a storage backup to restore (experimental)</string>
-    <string name="restore_storage_in_progress_title">Files are being restored…</string>
-    <string name="restore_storage_in_progress_info">Your files are being restored in the background. You can start using your phone while this is running.\n\nSome apps (e.g. Signal or WhatsApp) might require files to be fully restored to import a backup. Try to avoid starting those apps before file restore is complete.</string>
+    <string name="restore_storage_in_progress_title">Restoring files…</string>
+    <string name="restore_storage_in_progress_info">You can use your device while this is running in the background.\n\nSome apps (e.g. Signal or WhatsApp) might require files to be fully restored to import a backup. Try to avoid starting those apps before file restoration completes.</string>
     <string name="restore_storage_got_it">Got it</string>
 
     <string name="storage_internal_warning_title">Warning</string>
-    <string name="storage_internal_warning_message">You have chosen internal storage for your backup. This will not be available when your phone is lost or broken.</string>
+    <string name="storage_internal_warning_message">Your choice of storing backups internally means they are not available if your device is lost or broken.</string>
     <string name="storage_internal_warning_choose_other">Choose other</string>
     <string name="storage_internal_warning_use_anyway">Use anyway</string>
 
     <!-- About -->
     <string name="about_title">About</string>
-    <string name="about_summary">A backup application using Android\'s internal backup API.</string>
+    <string name="about_summary">A backup app using Android\'s internal backup API.</string>
     <string name="about_version">Version: %s</string>
     <string name="about_license">License: <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache2</a></string>
     <string name="about_author">Written by: <a href="https://github.com/stevesoltys">Steve Soltys</a> and <a href="https://blog.grobox.de">Torsten Grote</a></string>